Production + Villains
almost 5 years ago – Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 11:02:07 PM

Hello everyone!

I hope this update finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy.

I got a couple of requests for updates so I thought I would send out a quick message to you all to get you up to speed with the progress of our campaign.

Production

The funds for both Kickstarter and BackerKit have been successfully transfered to my bank account and I was able to approach the manufacturer and pay for all the pins in full. 

I am currently waiting on their art team to go through each design and get back to me with proofs of how the pins are going to be tackled during the production phase. Since this is a rather sizeable order of pins, production is expected to be a little bit slower than usual, but I will be reaching out to you every step of the way, so please do not worry.

Note: There are still 15 of your who still have to send in their surveys. Please do so as soon as you can. A new reminder was sent out to you earlier today and should be in your email inboxes.

Villains

In the meantime, I have gone through the list of characters you have all voted upon in my character selection poll and I have made a list of which ones will be available for my next "Villain" campaign set to launch around July/August of this year. 

The characters are as follow:-

• Maleficent
• Cruella
• Ursula
• Queen of Hearts
• Scar
• White Rabbit
• Mad Hatter
• Cheshire Cat
• Megara
• Hades
• Hercules
• Emperor Kuzco
• Yzma
• King Triton
• Maleficent Dragon
• Sally
• Jack Skellington
• Oogie Boogie
• Oogie Boogie Spoopy Special Edition
• Coraline

Please let me know in the comment below which designs you are most excited for. 

8 of them have already been designed, and I am working hard on finishing the remaining 12 as soon as I can so I can start setting up the campaign and get ready to promote it.

Big hugs from your friendly neighbourhood art bear. ʕ •ᴥ•ʔゝ☆

Gilles 

Surveys Sent + Pre Order Store Launch + 2 NEW PINS!?!
about 5 years ago – Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 12:07:34 PM

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a great weekend and are keeping well and safe. I have had my first full day off (Sunday) since January when I started preparing for this campaign, and I have to say, it was much needed!!  

With the surveys ready to send, I can now take a moment to work on other small projects and commissions, and then roll up my sleeves to work on the next set of Disney Nya Nya Neko pins~!

Surveys

On Saturday morning BackerKit sent out a "Smoke Test" (sending surveys to a small handful of pledges to test out the survey and addons) with some initial pledges and we have now moved forward with the remaining emails just this morning. 

This means that you should have all recieved an email through BackerKit asking you to select your pins, purchase any addons from the large selection available and complete your shipping address.

If you have not yet found your BackerKit surveys, please check your spam folders first. If you still cannot find the email, then private message me here on Kickstarter and I will reply with a direct link to your survey.

Once the vast majority of the surveys are all filled in, I can determine the quantities required for each pin and order accordingly. This will start the manufacturing process.

Pre Order Store

As well as the surveys being sent, today will also see the launch of our Pre Order Store.

Many out there are not entirely comfortable backing Kickstarter projects but find themselves more at ease with Pre Order Shops. This shop will enable anyone who missed the Kickstarter date to still pledge for pins, and purchase any of the addons available.

I would like to ask if you would be so kind of share the link to this pre order shop to any Disney Fantasy Pin communities you are a part of online.

2 New Pins?!

As a last minute surprise, 2 more pins have been added to the collection as Pin Club releases! Please check out the designs below. They are available as Addons upon completing your surveys.

Thank you all  SO MUCH for your ongoing support. I will be sending more updates as production continues, so keep your eyes peeled for more.

Have a lovely week ahead.

Regards, Gilles ʕ •ᴥ•ʔゝ☆

Kickstarter Payments + Surveys
about 5 years ago – Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 12:52:24 AM

Hello everyone,

I hope this update finds you and your loved ones in good health.

I thought I would drop an update and get you all up to speed with what’s happening with our lovely campaign.

Kickstarter Payments

The Kickstarter Funds have been collected and are being transferred to my bank this week/weekend.

Unfortunately, a significant portion of the funds were not collected. However, everyone will be receiving their surveys and those who were unable to previously make the payment will be able to pay for their pledge at the end of their survey.

How does this reflect on production?

Production is going to be delayed just by a couple of weeks until the surveys are completed. I will then have a clearer idea of the quantities of each pin needed. This will enable me to ensure that every single one of you gets the pin you were originally after.

Surveys

I have had so many good ideas for addons for this campaign based on such wonderful feedback from you guys that I am still in the process of setting up the surveys. This should not take more than another week. Once completed it takes up to 5 working days for BackerKit to get back to me with any reviews and corrections. Only then will I be able to send out the surveys.

I will be posting a new update as soon as the surveys are sent out to everyone. I apologise for the inconvenience and thank you in advance for your patience. I promise those addons are going to be worth the wait!

In the meantime, please expect another update later next week with some teaser images of stickers that I have spent the last few days cutting! They are well worth the effort!!

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave them in the comment section below and I will try my best to get back to you as soon as possible.

ʕ •ᴥ•ʔゝ☆

Payments + Poll + Sticker Collection + Discord + Thank You
about 5 years ago – Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:01:58 AM

Hi everyone! 

I hope this update finds you and your loved ones safe and in good health!

It is with great excitement that I announce that the Nya Nya Neko Princesses Enamel Pin Series (Part 1?)  has been fully funded!!!  I am incredibly overwhelmed by your support and I really am thankful the campaign has been such a smashing success. Thank you to each and every one of you!

Payments

Production for the moulds will start as soon as the payments are passed onto me by Kickstarter, which usually takes a little over 2 weeks. Once the payments go through, I will be sending you surveys through Backerkit. This will allow  you to confirm your address, select your pins and purchase any addons which you might be interested in such as additional pins, stickers, tshirts and other goodies.

In the meantime, please check your bank cards as some pledgers' payments have not yet cleared. I will be sending out reminders in private messages if payments have not cleared by mid next week.

IMPORTANT

If for some reason Kickstarter is not able to charge your card or if you miss the payment deadline,  BackerKit will allow you to pay for your pledge upon willing your Survey, so please do not worry.

Poll

If you have not already, please take a moment to check out the voting poll I have created based off of everyone's character suggestions for more designs in this series. 

As requested before, please only consider the ones you'd be interested in backing rather than just ones you'd like to see me draw, as this will deteremine which groups of pins I will be working on next to fund here on Kickstarter.

The link to the poll can be found here. Keep in mind you can only fill in the poll once, so read through the list and consider your choices carefully.

Stickers

I have also finished recolouring all of the designs in this campaign as Stickers. These include a couple of bonus designs which will be available for you to purchase both as Stickers AND Pins, through addons~! 

Yes, you read that right, I have decided to allow the purchase of individual Pin Club Pins outside of Pin Club as a special treat for those who have pledged for the campaign. These include the adorable blue alien, the beast and Alice

Let me know what you think in the comments below~!

Discord

In the meantime, I would like to invite everyone who has participated in the Kickstarter to join my Discord Server. Keep in touch with news and updates about this campaign and other projects.

Thank You

Thank you once again for all your support, encouragement, likes, comments, shares and purchases. It means a huge amount to me.

Big Hugs, Gilles ʕ •ᴥ•ʔゝ☆

Voting Time + Sticker Preview
about 5 years ago – Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 08:13:20 PM

Hi everyone,

I hope this update finds you all in good health!

We're under a week away from the funding portion of this campaign to be over, but there is still so much more work for us to do together!

Today I wanted to send you an update to share with you what I have been working on, as well as get some feedback through a poll I had mentioned I'd be doing regarding other characters for me to work on for future campaigns.

The Poll

I have compiled a list of all the characters I am familair with or ones that you have previously mentioned. Please take a moment to go through this list and check the boxes of which characters you would be interested in backing.

Please only consider the ones you'd be interested in backing rather than just ones you'd like to see me draw, as this will deteremine which groups of pins I will be working on next to fund here on Kickstarter.

The link to the poll can be found here. Keep in mind you can only fill in the poll once, so read through the list and consider your choices careful.

Stickers

Over the last few weeks, I have been recolouring the pin designs on my Twitch Streams so they are ready to be cut as stickers and added onto your pledges as addons. These addons will be purchased during the survey process through BackerKit. 

I thought of sharing the ones I have done so far. Please let me know what you think in the comments below~! I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed colouring them.

As always, thank you for taking the time to read my update.

Big Hugs, Gilles ʕ •ᴥ•ʔゝ☆